Bust of the young Napoleon I

Curly hair, flowing over his forehead. On the front side of the base is the signature “Canova”. Antonio Canova was an Italian sculptor (1757–1822). From 1802 to 1815, at the invitation of Napoleon I, Canova worked in Paris.
Napoleon Bonaparte is one of the most prominent figures in Russian literature of the first third of the 19th century. Books were dedicated to Napoleon, and he was a character in many literary works.
The “Napoleonic cycle” conventionally identified in Lermontov’s poetry, is concerned with two themes, the first being Napoleon’s historical fate: “Napoleon” (1829), “Napoleon” (1830), “Epitaph Napoleon” (1830), “St. Helena”, “Airship” (1840), “The Last Housewarming” (1841); the second being the victory of the Russian people in the Patriotic War of 1812 over Napoleon’s army: “The Field of Borodino” (1831), “Two Giants” (1832), and “Borodino” (1837).